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Ishant Sharma

India

Full name Ishant Sharma

Born September 2, 1988, Delhi

Current age 21 years 67 days

Major teams India, Delhi, India Red, Kolkata Knight Riders, North Zone

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	18	24	12	142	23	11.83	452	31.41	15	0	6
ODIs	39	11	5	36	13	6.00	85	42.35	3	0	10
T20Is	9	1	1	3	3*	-	6	50.00	0	0	1
First-class	36	40	22	175	23	9.72	573	30.54	18	0	9
List A	53	15	8	41	13	5.85	102	40.19	3	0	12
Twenty20	36	11	8	30	9	10.00	30	100.00	2	1	4

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	18	31	3234	1724	52	5/118	7/117	33.15	3.19	62.1	2	1	0
ODIs	39	38	1794	1689	54	4/38	4/38	31.27	5.64	33.2	3	0	0
T20Is	9	9	158	227	4	2/34	2/34	56.75	8.62	39.5	0	0	0
First-class	36	61	6649	3332	128	7/24	11/51	26.03	3.00	51.9	8	3	1
List A	53	52	2510	2254	79	4/34	4/34	28.53	5.38	31.7	5	0	0
Twenty20	36	36	741	904	23	2/15	2/15	39.30	7.31	32.2	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Bangladesh v India at Dhaka (SBNS), May 25-27, 2007 scorecard
Last Test	New Zealand v India at Wellington, Apr 3-7, 2009 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	India v South Africa at Belfast, Jun 29, 2007 scorecard
Last ODI	India v Australia at Mohali, Nov 2, 2009 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	Australia v India at Melbourne, Feb 1, 2008 scorecard
Last T20I	India v South Africa at Nottingham, Jun 16, 2009 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	Delhi v Tamil Nadu at Delhi, Nov 23-26, 2006 scorecard
Last First-class	New Zealand v India at Wellington, Apr 3-7, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	Delhi v Jammu & Kashmir at Delhi, Feb 10, 2006 scorecard
Last List A	India v Australia at Mohali, Nov 2, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Delhi v Himachal Pradesh at Delhi, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20	India v South Africa at Nottingham, Jun 16, 2009 scorecard

Profile

With a physique and attitude that is reminiscent of a young Javagal Srinath, Ishant Sharma shot into prominence during the 2007-08 Test series in Australia. Standing at 6'4", his rhythmic, high-arm action allowed him to bowl at around 140 kph. For one who started serious cricket at 14, his rise was rapid and he made his Ranji Trophy debut at 18. An injury to Munaf Patel provided him an opening during India's tour of Bangladesh in May 2007 but it was in Australia where he caught the attention, prompting Steve Waugh to call him the next best thing in Indian cricket. He showed he could move the ball both ways and his probing spell in the second innings in Perth, where he set-up Ricky Ponting, was the stuff of folklore. He continued to impress in the one-day series, clocking more than 150kph once, and ended as India's highest wicket-taker in the triumphant campaign.
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan January 2008